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It's Free Fly Time again in Star Citizen for Invictus Launch Week
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It's free fly time again in Star Citizen during Invictus Launch Week. Starting today, you'll be able to test fly most ships, check out a showcase of new vehicles, and explore the game.
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You are not PLAYING a game here. You are actually TESTING a PRE?- Alpha game. There WILL be issues. Bugs, drops, graphical errors, etc.
Still , that being said , game is somewhat demanding in hardware . (although i would think the Newest generation of cards should have NO problems ) . IT IS a dam gorgeous test bed, some (mining) game mechanics fairly fleshed out, others not so much .
So if your curious , go for it. Its free for the week at least. After you can decide to buy or not a basic package, Make sure you read what your buying too make sure Squadron 42 is included in the bundle .
Have been in since the beginning (well dam close too) . In with only 2 ships deep not that bad.
oh fun, this is opposite brain day in the forums!
I can't possilbly ever understand why people think SC is a scam. To me it is unthinkable!
It's an instanced game with a 50 player cap per zone, that's 10 years behind current tech.
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PLEASE REMEMBER!!
You are not PLAYING a game here. You are actually being scammed into buying more pixels for a game still in alpha despite being in development for a decade with record funding closing in on half a billion dollars.
There.....I fixed it for you.
Maybe ..
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Kyleran on yours sincerely
'But there are many. You can play them entirely solo, and even offline. Also, you are wrong by default.'
Ikcin in response to yours sincerely debating whether or not single-player offline MMOs exist...
'This does not apply just to ED but SC or any other game. What they will get is Rebirth/X4, likely prettier but equally underwhelming and pointless.
It is incredibly difficult to design some meaningfull leg content that would fit a space ship game - simply because it is not a leg game.
It is just huge resource waste....'
Gdemami absolutely not being an armchair developer
Considering he said highly likely it can't happen on Q4 this year the initial testing if this next update major implementation testing takes longer to stabilize, even with the usual 101 delays next year seems ok.
The tone has somewhat changed, because this is a full company priority as they can't expand the game-world without this releasing, so it's non-negotiable, has to happen. Don't think it's realistic to have the whole of 2022 and 2023 without expanding the game-world.
Beyond that, gen12 is another major piece for client performance that already started to see fractions implemented, with visible performance improvements, so this has been a multi-year wait for these tech bits to develop that we're finally seeing it materialize in implementations.
BuT ThEy PrOmISsEd bruUhaaHaaHaaa
Gaming Karens are the best.
Thinking intentions are promises lol
It's because of ignorant misconceptions like these that companies have to develop in secrecy.
And welcome back, I hope the negativity on the SC threads has not just made you give up on commenting.
I think the way SC does it, because SC does not specifically hand-craft everything, procgen is used to get the planets, moons and even stations done at scale, but, it's all controlled to be in line with the lore and consistency of what the area is to be, looks and content-wise.
If we look at Pyro of what has been already shown of it, the system is crafted for the lore, this piracy heaven wasteland, lack of security where even the space stations are these old abandoned refurbished places for pirate homebases, that's exactly what they can do with this direction, that despite the time it takes really pays off for giving an unique vibe to each location.
But to the point, I do not think that the problem here is the time locations take to create, several teams are already working on other systems beyond Pyro (like Nyx), so wouldn't be that being the holdout. What I also see is that they put the army of artists they have heavily on SQ42 because a bulk of Pyro work comes from Turbulent which is an outsourced studio, what hints that SC-specific location creation is rather stalled as far their priorities go, which we can speculate is because of a mix of a pressure that prioritized the campaign work even more and the inability to release this location-work until the mesh implements.
That said... this is a GOOD thing they do. I know it's to drum up interest, but there are tons of Crowdfunding companies that lock access behind an NDA and cash shop. These guys let you TRY it and SEE what is there. (At least now.. those of us Golden Ticket Holders didn't have that option)
So certainly, if interested go take a peek while it's free. Be an informed consumer.
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Guides be good at this phase cause the game can and will torture you until you figure some derps out
Yeah, sure, you can install the game, and then Chris Roberts will come into your house with a gun and force you to buy every single ship they concept.
Le'ts avoid be this guy, please. You can try the game for free (right now or in any of the multiple free fly events they do). If you don't like it, you think that it's not playabe enough yet (bugs can be very frustrating) or your computer can't run in as you wish, then just don't buy it.
If you like it, you can pledge for an starter package or wait until the game is more developed and buy it when it's on a place you like. Done. You don't need to invest anything more and nobody is forcing you to do anything.
All time classic MY NEW FAVORITE POST! (Keep laying those bricks)
"I should point out that no other company has shipped out a beta on a disc before this." - Official Mortal Online Lead Community Moderator
Proudly wearing the Harbinger badge since Dec 23, 2017.
Coined the phrase "Role-Playing a Development Team" January 2018
"Oddly Slap is the main reason I stay in these forums." - Mystichaze April 9th 2018
Logic, my dear, merely enables one to be wrong with great authority.
Playing an incomplete game isn't my idea of fun, but people do all sorts of things I personally don't enjoy, like eating sushi (yuck) so there we are.
"True friends stab you in the front." | Oscar Wilde
"I need to finish" - Christian Wolff: The Accountant
Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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